Children in the Eye of the Pandemic Storm

On December 31, 2019, no one knew how the world was about to change forever. In Wuhan, China, health care officials alerted the World Health Organization (WHO) of a severe respiratory illness. On March 11, 2020, WHO announced that the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) virus was causing the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Initial clinical data from China and Italy revealed that children were not severely affected. Chinese children younger than 1 year potentially had more severe infection, and as many as 15% were asymptomatic.
Source: JAMA Pediatrics - Category: Pediatrics Source Type: research